My blogroll inspired me time and again this season. I loved all the Thanksgiving banners, decorations, uplifting thoughts and projects I saw so many crafty, creative, on-top-of-it moms blog about. I have spent way too much time reading blogs and filling my head and 'bookmarks' with ideas and recipes...so fun!
This week for FHE we made our gratitude tree {before the stomach bug of the YEAR hit}. I love this representation of our blessings, a constant reminder of the reasons for the season adorning our dining room table in the center of our home. We can add to it at will and it can never be full enough... overflowing with our many blessings. I snapped a couple of branches from a maple tree to get us started.
I found some darling colored die cut maple leaves at our local teacher resource shop.
Each of the kids wrote or drew all the blessings they could think of to adorn our tree
We punched holes & tied with hemp string...Everyone got to hang their own
Mom...I think they really miss you.
Our Thanksgiving Table
don't you LOVE this mercury?? Thanks, Carole!
15 comments:
I love this idea...it's one I could ACTUALLY do...
Thanks for all of the links...it was fun scanning through them this a.m. and getting my creative juices flowing bright and early:) Your tree turned out great! I think we'll do a version of this too, along with our gratitude book.
I hope you guys are feeling better so you can enjoy next weeks' feast!
What a GREAT FHE activity. Sorry about the stomach bug. Hope it stays AWAY! jan
Who needs to trawl the internet for great ideas when I have links to Becky's blog and yours! You guys are my source for beautiful, crafty things.
(Jon is back at school and nobody has needed antibiotics--YET! We still need lots of luck wished our way, though.)
The tree looks great, and it looked like the kids had fun decorating it. Your table is beautiful. I love the white pumpkin. We painted a pumpkin white this year, and put vinyl lettering on it that said, "boo"!
Adorable! I think I will try to make one NEXT YEAR. Christmas is already up at our house. Chad got a little anxious and brought out the Christmas tree from storage and we spent our last FHE decorating it.
Thanksgiving got jipped!
Super cute idea! Thanksgiving is at my house this year...it would be fun to have all the cousins add a leaf!
Looks like the kids enjoyed the activity and it turned out so cute!
that is such a cute idea...might have to try it tomorrow night!
What a great mom you are with such fun ideas!
I'm new here! What a great blog :)
I'm so glad you browse all these cute ideas and put up the best...hmmm, maybe I can make a xmas one-we skip thanksgiving decorating:)
CUTE CUTE CUTE idea! I'm doing that one when Addy is a little older for sure!
Shay your table looks gorgeous! I hope to come down and see you all after Thanksgiving. I'm off that week. Miss everyone!
Shay your table looks gorgeous! I hope to come down and see you all after Thanksgiving. I'm off that week. Miss everyone!
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